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Pseudaelurus intrepidus

Mammalia - Carnivora - Felidae

Taxonomy
Felis (Pseudaelurus) intrepidus was named by Leidy (1858). It is a 3D body fossil. Its type locality is Niobrara River (coll. Hayden 1857), which is in a Barstovian/Clarendonian terrestrial horizon in the Loup Fork Formation of Nebraska.

It was recombined as Pseudaelurus intrepidus by Leidy (1869), Cope (1880), Scott and Osborn (1890), Hay (1902), Rothwell (2003) and Rothwell (2004); it was recombined as Hyperailurictis intrepidus by Werdelin et al. (2010).

Sister species lacking formal opinion data
P. intrepdius, P. quadradentatus

Synonymy list
YearName and author
1858Felis (Pseudaelurus) intrepidus Leidy p. 22
1869Pseudaelurus intrepidus Leidy
1880Pseudaelurus intrepidus Cope p. 841
1890Pseudaelurus intrepidus Scott and Osborn p. 71
1902Pseudaelurus intrepidus Hay p. 782
2003Pseudaelurus intrepidus Rothwell
2004Pseudaelurus intrepidus Rothwell p. 159
2010Hyperailurictis intrepidus Werdelin et al.

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RankNameAuthor
kingdomAnimalia()
—Bilateria
—EubilateriaAx 1987
—Deuterostomia
phylumChordataHaeckel 1874
subphylumVertebrata
superclassGnathostomata
—Osteichthyes()
subclassSarcopterygii()
subclassDipnotetrapodomorpha(Nelson 2006)
subclassTetrapodomorpha()
—Tetrapoda
—Reptiliomorpha
—Anthracosauria
subclassAmphibiosauriaKuhn 1967
—Cotylosauria()
—Amniota
subclassSynapsida
—Therapsida()
infraorderCynodontia()
—Mammaliamorpha
RankNameAuthor
—Mammaliaformes
classMammalia
—Cladotheria
—Zatheria
subclassTribosphenida()
subclassTheria
—Eutheria()
—Placentalia
—Boreoeutheria
—Laurasiatheria
—Scrotifera
—Ferae()
—CarnivoramorphaWyss and Flynn 1993
—CarnivoraformesFlynn et al.
orderCarnivora
suborderFeliformiaKretzoi 1945
superfamilyFeloideaHay 1930
familyFelidae
genusPseudaelurus
speciesintrepidus()

If no rank is listed, the taxon is considered an unranked clade in modern classifications. Ranks may be repeated or presented in the wrong order because authors working on different parts of the classification may disagree about how to rank taxa.

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Diagnosis
No diagnoses are available
Measurements
No measurements are available
Composition: phosphaticsubp
Environment: terrestrialsubc
Locomotion: actively mobilec
Life habit: scansorialf
Diet: carnivoreg
Reproduction: viviparoussubc
Created: 2009-01-04 14:33:05
Modified: 2009-01-04 16:33:05
Source: g = genus, f = family, subc = subclass, c = class, subp = subphylum
References: Van Valkenburgh 1988, Carroll 1988, Nowak 1991, Hendy et al. 2009, Ji et al. 2002, Lillegraven 1979

Age range: base of the Barstovian to the top of the Clarendonian or 16.30000 to 9.40000 Ma

Collections (14 total)


Time interval Ma Country or state Original ID and collection number
Hemingfordian20.43 - 15.97USA (Nebraska) Pseudaelurus intrepidus (17988)
Barstovian16.3 - 12.5USA (California) Pseudaelurus intrepidus (19542 214888)
Barstovian16.3 - 12.5USA (Nevada) Pseudaelurus intrepidus (19097)
Barstovian16.3 - 12.5USA (Nebraska) Pseudaelurus intrepidus (18164 18442)
Barstovian - Clarendonian16.3 - 9.4USA (Nebraska) Felis intrepidus (190543)
Langhian15.97 - 13.82USA (California) Pseudaelurus intrepidus (13297)
Clarendonian12.5 - 9.4USA (California) Pseudaelurus intrepidus (19145)
Clarendonian - Hemphillian12.5 - 4.9USA (Wyoming) Pseudaelurus intrepidus (18424)
Hemphillian10.3 - 4.9Mexico (Jalisco) Pseudaelurus intrepidus (189788 189790)
Late/Upper Hemphillian10.3 - 4.9Mexico (Guanajuato) Pseudaelurus intrepidus (18737 18740)